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Strengths: It was not too long ago that a tweener type of player like Miles Bridges was difficult to find a distinct role in the NBA ... Over the last couple of years though, the dynasty that the Golden State Warriors have built has transformed basketball into a positionless game where players like Bridges are now the pivotal role players to which every team wants to build themselves ... A player like Bridges is perhaps the most important piece of this new positionless puzzle: a two-way wing player who can play multiple positions in various lineups ... The intrigue with Bridges begins with his NBA-ready frame and incredible explosiveness ... Bridges might be the draft's top athlete, between his quickness, power and leaping ability ... At 6' 6", 230 pounds, he's built similarly to Jae Crowder or PJ Tucker ... Like Crowder, he will also be an asset on the defensive end in today's game because he can guard positions 2 through 4 ... He's quick enough around the perimeter to chase around guards with the strength to match up against bigger forwards ... He'll have the chance to be a tough one-on-one defender like Crowder, but Bridges, who blocked 1.5 shots a game at Michigan State, will also be an exciting defensive playmaker for his ability to chase down fast breaks and fly in from the weak side ... Bridges will probably never be an elite offensive playmaker or shot creator, but his catch and shoot ability will at least make him a threat ... Bridges connected on almost 38 percent of his threes in two collegiate seasons and also shot 85 percent from the free throw line as a sophomore ... His lefty mechanics are smooth with little wasted motion, and he has good footwork and shot preparation before the catch ... He also can get himself easy baskets with his athleticism off straight-line drives, cuts and in transition ... He is also a deft passer at 3.6 assists per 40 minutes, and he also had a positive assist-to-turnover ratio at Michigan State ... He has a solid feel for the game and does a nice job of making the simple play off of the catch and in pick-and-roll situations ... Bridges is also a very high-level rebounder for a wing and uses his strength and athleticism to get involved on the glass on both ends ... Bridges does not shy away from big moments and has proven to be a clutch player in late game situations ... He is a very competitive player with a high motor on both ends of the court ... Weaknesses: Bridges is not a great ball handler and can get sloppy with his dribble in the half court ... He does not project as a primary ball handler or shot creator at the next level and is more of a one or two dribble player instead of a playmaker. Bridges is listed by Michigan State as 6-7, but his last official measurements had him at 6-6 with a 6-9 wingspan ... The lack of height makes him undersized as a small forward and well undersized at the 4 ... He also does not have ideal length, which may hinder his ability to be as disruptive as a defender in the NBA against longer and more athletic players ... Despite his explosiveness, he does not get great lift on his jumper, which will generate questions about whether he will consistently be able to get his shot off against longer defenders in the NBA ... Bridges is also somewhat limited by his lack of a pull-up jumper and mid-range game ... The likelihood Bridges will develop into an offensive focal point who can create consistently for himself and others seems low ... It's not a role he played in either season for the Spartans, and most future wing creators tend to show flashes of this at some point in college ... Notes: Measured 6' 5.25'' barefoot, 6' 6.75'' in shoes, 220.4 lbs, 6' 9.5' wingspan, 8' 7.5'' standings reach, 5.90% body fat and 9.00 inch hand length at the 2018 NBA Draft Combine ... Five-star high-school recruit…McDonald's All-American and Jordan Brand Classic selection…2016-2017 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Second-Team All-Big Ten selection…2017-2018 First-Team All-Big Ten selection, Second-Team AP All-American William Peter Desautelle III 5/27/18
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Conceived as a series of vertically stacked plates off-set at each level with connecting curved elements, a central atrium rises through all levels to bring natural light into the centre of the building. Balconies at each level project into the atrium and correspond to the displacement of the outer envelope and a series of staircases interconnect through this central space.
With the ground floor restaurant linking the atrium to the outdoor terrace and Sharikopodshipnikovskaya Street beyond, and coffee/snack areas and relaxation zones on the balconies, the atrium becomes a shared space over many levels that encourages interaction between the employees of the companies within the building. This integration also encourages collaboration between companies of different services and disciplines. Many IT and creative industry start-up companies regard this collective research culture as vital for progress and development, and the design of the Dominion Office Building reinforces this concept with open connectivity throughout the building.
The office spaces are arranged within a system of standard rectilinear bays to offer many different possibilities for small, expanding or large companies. Located on the periphery of the atrium and housing the lifts, fire-escapes, washrooms and service shafts, the service cores provide a degree of privacy to the separate office spaces, with gaps in-between these cores giving some transparency and allowing light to penetrate the into the office areas from the central shared atrium space.
This service core ring around the atrium, together with an additional bay of columns close to the outer envelope of the building, provides the structure. The off-set floor-plates are balanced between the opposite sides of the building. In some zones, columns are removed and replaced with transfer beams to increase the uninterrupted floor space for larger tenants or public programmes.
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In Praise of the Whip: A Cultural History of Arousal
"The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne/Burned on the water." So begins Shakespeare's greatest evocation of erotic arousal, Enobarbus' celebrated account in Antony and Cleopatra of the way the Egyptian queen's appearance on the river Cydnus first "pursed up" the heart of the Roman general. For Niklaus Largier it would come as no surprise that Shakespeare has Cleopatra's seductive tableau include a playful, fleeting image of flagellation:
The oars were silver,
Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made
The water which they beat to follow faster,
As amorous of their strokes. (2.2.200–203)*
Largier's splendid, five-hundred-page In Praise of the Whip shows in stunning detail the rich history of such scenes, for the most part carefully crafted to captivate the beholder's fantasy and to awaken the senses.
Brief as it is, Shakespeare's image contains many of the elements that endlessly resurface in this history: blows delivered by whips or (as here) rods, the rhythmic keeping of time, the accompanying music, the mounting excitement that at once feeds upon and plays off against the steady repetition of the "strokes" (a word poised between blows and caresses), the ambiguous intertwining of pain and desire.
Shakespeare does not quite call the experience love. The cunning little word "as" in the phrase "As amorous of their strokes" calls attention to metaphor or imagination, the realm of "as if." On the shifting sands of this realm, according to Largier, flagellation's palace is built, and here too Shakespeare seems uncannily alert to a long history. Cleopatra's appeal is linked far less to what she actually is—if one could ever determine that—than to the fantasies that she excites. What she offers has nothing to do with the attributes that Shakespeare and his contemporaries routinely associated with "normal" feminine allure: blond curls, fair, unblemished skin, the blush of youth, and a chaste, meek, and silent disposition. "Think on me," she muses, figuring her dark complexion as the consequence of delicious sexual violence at the hands of the sun god, "That am with Phoebus' amorous pinches black,/And wrinkled deep in time" (1.5.27–29). On her barge she creates an elaborate spectacle not so much for Antony's eyes as for his fantasy to feast upon. The glimpse of the water agitated by the strokes is meant as an example for him to follow, a promise of the particular kind of pleasure that he will receive.
The "serpent of old Nile," as Antony calls her, is the master-mistress of the scourge and the whip, time-honored aids to flagging sexual desire. "See where he is," she instructs an attendant, "who's with him, what he does."
I did not send you. If you find him sad,
Say I am dancing; if in mirth, report
That I am sudden sick. (1.3.2–5)
The queen's servant Charmian is mystified by what she calls this "method" and urges her mistress to "cross him in nothing." Cleopatra knows better—"Thou teachest like a fool, the way to lose him"—and…
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Bacon isn't just for breakfast anymore.
The crispy, salty treat is showing up everywhere these days.
But beware. Eating bacon can also be a health-buster. So our partners at
Consumer Reports Magazine have just released a comparison, finding which brands are worth the splurge.
Bacon, it seems, is enjoying its 15 minutes of fame. You can add some sizzle to your toothbrushing with bacon toothpaste. Satisfy your salty-sweet crave with bacon frosting. There's even bacon soap and bacon bandages.
Remember "Bacon Scope?'" It turned out to be a hoax, but many people eagerly clicked on and shared every story about it.
But after testing 15 different bacons, experts at Consumer Reports warn that it is not exactly a health food. Just two slices of pork bacon can have about 80 calories and between 200 and 400 milligrams of sodium.
And lower fat bacon may leave you craving the real thing.
"Some of the bacon we tested is made out of turkey, and while that is a healthier option, it is not going to fool your taste buds into thinking it's the real thing," said Adam Kaplan of Consumer Reports.
Consumer Reports top pick is:
Kirkland Signature pork bacon from Costco. It is the only one that rates excellent for taste. It crisps up nicely and consistently has a balanced blend of fat and meat flavors, with just the right amount of smoky sweetness.
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Consumer Reports wants to remind us that if you're going to eat the good stuff, just eat it less often.
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Gallery: How Much Of Steven Tyler's Wardrobe Could We Find At Chico's?
Watching American Idol these past few weeks, we couldn't help but notice that judge Steven Tyler's "wild" outfits look eerily similar to the stuff you might find on the racks at Chico's, the funky white lady store that happens to be my grandma's personal favorite place to shop*. My grandma is a very hip lady. Really, she is stylish and totally with it — however she happens to be in her 70s, a woman, and not at all a rock star. So how right were we? We went through Chico's offerings from their present and past collections and found ridiculously close approximations of many of Steven's ensembles.
*It's also the favorite store of Michael Phelps' mom, Debbie, who has an endorsement deal with the brand.


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26 January 2006
So let me get this straight...
It's not a question of whether or not I belong here. Clearly, I don't.
I'm kind of like the untalented son of a T-ball coach, who'd be lucky to make "team towel-boy" but instead managed to be the shortstop. Instead of capitalizing on my lineage and family's blind nepotism, I get to spend all my time watching Scooby-doo and eating paste.
This is a perfect situation. All I have to do is show up for a few home games and I'm guaranteed a trophy at the end of the season, league rules.
Take That America!
25 comments:
- Gummby said...
Stop it--if I laugh any harder, I'll choke on my gum!
- 7:41 PM, January 25, 2006
- Phillip M. Way said...
ah - the comic relief has arrived.
Glad to see you here Barney, errrrr....PeckAnArmadillo.
It is good to laugh!
- 8:11 PM, January 25, 2006
- Carla said...
Now that, was an ASMCOMN...
(Almost Shot My Coffee Out My Nose, pronounced "azzmcommon!")
Pecadillo, don't change a thing, KEEP your posts just like that one.
- 8:36 PM, January 25, 2006
- Broken Messenger said...
We call it "gravy training" around here, but it appears you more or less have gotten the idea Pec. :o)
- 9:45 PM, January 25, 2006
- Tom said...
I like your academy photo. I can see why pyro would want to keep you around. By the way I think your here more as the rent a cop, I mean security guard for the blog. As far as your posts go I wanna hear stories from the casa de pec and your sidekicks muffin and c-train.
Your humble mexican/pole
- 10:20 PM, January 25, 2006
- Tom said...
I'm sorry did say muffin......I meant Jaguar.
Once again.....
Your humble mexican/pole
- 10:22 PM, January 25, 2006
- Scott Hill said...
You know this might be the best Pyro post ever.
- 12:16 AM, January 26, 2006
- Libbie said...
What kind of paste are you thinking of eating?
- 1:01 AM, January 26, 2006
- Cindy said...
Pecadillo, I was a big fan of your own blog. I'll defintely look forward to your appearances here. :)
- 4:16 AM, January 26, 2006
- centuri0n said...
Again, I would like to point out that it's not a monkey problem, it's an organ-grinder problem.
We miss you, Pec. I almost want you to [candid details of secret mission censored by NSA] so that the blogosphere will never be safe again.
- 4:19 AM, January 26, 2006
- Kim said...
Ah, but the untalented son of the T-ball coach always rises to greater things than dad ever did, right?
- 4:52 AM, January 26, 2006
- B.A. Pillmore said...
Now you have to tell the tee-ball coach to stop living through his son.
- 5:01 AM, January 26, 2006
- Rob Steele said...
Pec, you're my hero.
- 6:41 AM, January 26, 2006
- Doug said...
But, seriously, Pec, what do you think about Schmeradactyls?
- 7:25 AM, January 26, 2006
- Jeremy Weaver said...
Is this a parable?
- 7:59 AM, January 26, 2006
- Darel said...
So... does the "Police Academy" in this parable stand for "organ-grinder"? I'm confused....
(I may, inadvertantly, squeeze this particular fruit dry if someone doesn't restrain me)
- 8:17 AM, January 26, 2006
- sumbibazo said...
As I am adding this site to my booksmarks - I clicked my "Church/ Ministries" folder to get to my Blog Folder - and that picture....that picture is just staring back at me. I think Id better start a new folder. This deserves a folder all its own. I just don't know what to call it.
Loved the other articles too. Excellent.
- 9:16 AM, January 26, 2006
- Frank Martens said...
that picture is absolutely awesome and disqusting all at the same time!
- 9:29 AM, January 26, 2006
- Chris Freeland said...
"I'm kind of like the untalented son of a T-ball coach, who'd be lucky to make "team towel-boy" but instead managed to be the shortstop."
That's a pretty good description. Actually, knowing you, I think of you like Radio in the movie of the same name. You get to follow the important people around, pretend to be important yourself, and everyone loves you but isn't sure exactly why.
- 9:43 AM, January 26, 2006
- Micah said...
Where'd u get that photo of centuri0n?
- 9:46 AM, January 26, 2006
- centuri0n said...
Now Micah ... don't make me use the administrative trout upon you.
- 1:04 PM, January 26, 2006
- Jason E. Robertson said...
That made more sense than Turk's post.
- 1:11 PM, January 26, 2006
- centuri0n said...
You too, dog boy, uh, dog pastor.
And that picture still makes me cry. Pec will do anything for a laugh, I swear.
- 2:00 PM, January 26, 2006
- Gaddabout said...
Pec, you're the only mandatory read around here. The rest of these guys play it safe. They hit for average, quoting 300-year-old preachers, but they're not going to drive in a lot of runs. You're batting clean up, kid. You're the star of this team.
- 10:58 PM, January 26, 2006
- centuri0n said...
Less get this paudy stauded, yo.
- 2:05 PM, January 27, 2006


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Understanding smartphones as an influencing device
Mobile commerce has witnessed staggering growth over the past few years.
We have been monitoring this activity for the past five years and in that time we have seen the share of mobile traffic increase from just 2%, to in excess of 50% of clicks through a tablet or smartphone.
Cross device tracking: is it time for cookie periods to be extended?
With the rise of cross device tracking, it is perhaps timely to consider the true length of customer journeys and whether as a result, cookie lengths should be revisited.
The power of Influence and the multichannel customer
Customer journeys are becoming increasingly complex.
Not only are they across multiple channels with multiple touch-points, they are also spanning multiple devices.
Strong mobile performance over Christmas and New Year: stats
With the staggering mobile growth that had been witnessed throughout 2013, it was widely predicted that consumers would turn to their mobile devices over the Christmas period.
John Lewis made a bold prediction pre-Christmas that it would see its share of mobile traffic exceed desktop for the first time on Christmas Day and they subsequently reported that these expectations were exceeded, with two thirds of traffic originating from a mobile device.
John Lewis was not the only advertiser that witnessed exceptional mobile performance, with a number of leading retailers also reporting on their mobile activity over the festive period.
The rise of internationalisation amongst UK retailers
A few months ago we received an interesting piece of research from OC&C Strategy consultants which investigated how UK retailers are well placed to outperform their overseas counterparts in the battle for online supremacy.
It was estimated by 2020 there would be an incredible sevenfold increase in non UK sales.
Within the report, the 'jewels of Britain's retail e-mpire' were highlighted. This was based on the volume of consumer searches from international territories.
A number of advertisers across the network were included on this list so we decided to take a look and see how the affiliate channel was aiding internationalisation in the ecommerce market.
Making the most of mobile over the holiday period
With mobile commerce continuing to gather pace through the performance channel, it has been interesting to look back across the past few weeks to analyse the role mobile played over the Easter bank holiday.
With our March stats indicating that traffic through mobile devices reached 21.1% while sales were at 14.2%, it was interesting to see the impact of a long weekend on mobile usage.
We have traditionally seen that consumers turn to mobile devices at weekends. This is not particularly surprising when we consider that office workers step away from their desktops and instead use mobile devices to access the internet.
How mobile-optimised sites drive conversion rates and AOVs
Over the past two years we have witnessed traffic through mobile devices increase from 2% to 19% of total network clicks.
If we exclude tablet devices from this equation, traffic through mobile handsets has grown from 1.8% to 11%.
With consumers increasingly using mobile devices to access the internet, it becomes of paramount importance to ensure that the mobile user journey is optimised for this experience.
Post-Christmas sales and device trends: stats round up
With the festive break all but a distant memory, we have taken the opportunity to look back at our stats across the network for the run up to Christmas as well as the post Christmas sales.
As a company running affiliate campaigns for around half of the UK's largest retailers as well as over 1,000 SMEs, we are able to interrogate our data to provide some insights into general retail trends over the Christmas and New Year period.
There were a number of predictions and subsequently reports of the largest online shopping days and in this post we are able to look across our advertiser base to identify the peak trading periods.
With consumer behavior shifting and mobile commerce playing a more prominent role, we also look at the device trends during this time.
Android conversion rates higher than iPhone: stats
There is no escaping the fact that mobile commerce has been experiencing considerable growth. Recent research from Deloitte suggested that mobile devices would influence £3.5bn of retail sales this Christmas.
As well as understanding the anticipated growth of m-commerce, it is also important to recognise the devices that are fuelling this growth.
With targeting capabilities evolving, it is possible to segment audiences based on the device they are visiting through and advertisers are able to capitalise on this through targeted promotions.
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With consumer behaviour and shopping habits continually evolving, coupled with the increase in smartphone penetration, more and more consumers are accessing the internet through mobile devices.
This is something that we have been monitoring closely at Affiliate Window for the past 18 months. Back in December 2010 we saw traffic through mobile devices account for 2.4% of all network traffic and 1.7% of all sales.
Fast forward to March 2012 and these figures have grown considerably with 10% of traffic and 6.6% of sales coming through mobile devices.
Christmas 2011 stats: the affiliate perspective
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Industry organization aims to modernize the boot process
What: ARM has joined the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Forum. The UEFI Forum is a non-profit collaborative trade organization formed as an industry-wide effort to modernize the boot process. The purpose of the Forum is to develop, manage and promote the UEFI specification, which, as an evolving specification, is driven by contributions and support from member companies.
The UEFI specification details an interface that helps hand off control of the system from the pre-boot environment (i.e., after the system is powered on, but before the operating system starts) to an operating system. UEFI will provide a clean interface between operating systems and platform firmware at boot time, and will support an architecture-independent mechanism for initializing add-in cards.
ARM has joined UEFI in order to support OEMs that are developing ARM® processor-based solutions using UEFI, standardize the boot procedure for ARM processor-based platforms, improve the hardware-software interface for Operating Systems that target the ARM architecture and to provide guidance to the UEFI ARM initiative.
For more information about the UEFI Forum or the UEFI specification, please visit http://www.uefi.org/home
Who: ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support and maintenance, and the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
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Yet everyone has managed to manufacture a view. The New York Times thought it not a good speech, Der Spiegel and Bild thought it stupid ("Crazy...Brits put Europe into a frenzy"). Andrew Rawnsley thought it appealed to the people that didn't matter, Nigel Farage thought it appealed to the people that did matter, though he pretended they didn't. Douglas Alexander thought it left a gap between what it set out to achieve and what the wrong people needed it to achieve in order to win their support. Caroline Lucas, the Green Party MP, made an unexpected statement to the effect of 'Yes! We should, like, totally have a referendum'. The Economist had a Eurocentric take, saying that Cameron didn't buy into the vision of Europe shared by France and Germany, as if that wasn't obvious, and that it might pose problems for UK business and its finance sector in particular.
Meanwhile, on the far right, frothing Europhobics cheered the Cameron speech not from a vision of an independent Britain made powerful through its exploitation of its own workforce and evisceration of public services, but through a peculiar assumption that Europe, the world's richest trading bloc, will simply and inexplicably go belly up. The headline, 'Europe just totally stops!' doesn't seem very likely, but hey, stranger things haven't happened ever.
There are thousands of other articles and blogs, from 'You tell 'em, Dave' to 'He's pandering to his chums'. All carry gems of valid observation, but the phenomenon reminds you how useless we all are, and Economists are in particular at predicting even straightforward consequences of a news event. In physical and social science there are many forms of experimental bias which skew results in predictable ways, but this pseudo-scientific analysis of events is desperately prone to that most pernicious bullshit engine, 'confirmation bias'. In other words, the assumptions and worldview that each blogger or commentator starts from skews the prediction into uselessness.
But even if they start from a neutral place, as maybe Caroline Lucas or The Economist might like to claim, predictions are unlikely to be of any value, adding only to the uncertainty that we're supposed to be worried about.
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The relevance of the event is both linear and illustrative. Firstly, there is an unbroken string of events from the World War that the Archduke's assassination triggered to David Cameron's speech on Europe. Secondly, the unauthored logic of that string of events shows up how inadequate the opinions, the leader columns, the thinks-pieces by economists, journalists and political editors truly are. What a journalist or newspaper proprietor thinks of David Cameron has no bearing on what his speech might or might not mean, just as an opinion of Archduke Ferdinand's skiing posture had no affect at all on the likelihood of a second front opening up to the East once the war had started. That's not how things work. Not in Europe, anyhow. The wrong people say and do the the wrong things for the wrong reasons and the outcomes are governed by forces outside of the immediate triggers.
Every day, delegations of inner city school children arrive at Portcullis House in Westminster to lobby MPs. Alongside them are representations from Somalia, Canadian War Veterans, Disabled people, Animal Rights protestors, British Clay workers, Basketball Associations and so on, unaware of the solipsism with which they will be received. The scrabble in the the MP's office before meeting one of these groups, whose life's work is on the line, is not fevered briefings about the visitors' plight, but the digging out of a camera for the obligatory shot for the MP's newsletter. A politician is by definition someone who is mindful at all times and exclusively of his own position. If there was any other motivation to David Cameron's big speech it remains unfathomed. Vision is what the school children have, and the Animal Right protestors, not the person paid to make speeches on their behalf.
Gavrilo Princip's motivation to gun down the Archduke may have been to enable South Slav states to break from Austria-Hungary, or it may have been to get laid. It doesn't matter. Similarly, Cameron's motivation is not relevant. It may or may not be to appease the Private Health Companies that paid for his candidates to reach office and want to work their doctors harder. But it too doesn't much matter. In both cases a small event gives an unseen and unknowable sequence of other events a push. The referendum may happen, Health companies may break away from the European Working Hours directive. But that's not the whole picture. There are other visions, elsewhere, that may be more powerful. Making ripples into this pond may just set in train a variety of regional visions, economic plans, alliances and causes that will look obvious only once they have happened. A German-British Axis running a Northern European dominated EU could be the unexpected consequence down the line, or a President Blair, or a Europe siding with Japan against China in WW3. No one knows. The consequence of claiming that a speech will be a major event has already been proven: you create an event even though the content turns out to be vacuous. Given the attitude of the US, if the speech hadn't been signposted it probably would have been cancelled without consequence.


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The Netherlands has a mixed system, in which both the industry and a government agency COVA are required to hold emergency stocks.
According to Dutch legislation, any company that brings more than 100 Kt of qualifying products into the Dutch market (in any given calendar year) is obliged to hold 5% of such excess quantities as compulsory stock. In total, this equates roughly to 13.5 days of net imports. COVA is responsible for holding the balance of the total national requirement of 90 days of net imports - i.e. approximately 76.5 days of net imports.
Company stock obligations are held as part of normal operating inventories. Due to their international activities, refining and supplying companies tend to hold unusually high volumes of stocks as part of normal operations.
Due to the high cost of storage in the Rotterdam area, around 9.6 mb (1.3 Mt) of COVA crude oil stocks (or 30% of its total obligation) are held in salt caverns near Wilhelmshaven (Germany). The remaining quantities of crude are held in above ground storage in the Netherlands.
COVA obligation is subject to a restriction that only up to 30% of its stocks can be held abroad. This restriction is not based on formal law, but on a guideline of the executive board of COVA.
COVA can use stock tickets or reserved stocks with a third party. However, COVA has an internal policy on such tickets whereby they can be used only for products stored within the Netherlands. Moreover, stocks tickets may not account for more than 25% of the total compulsory stockholding obligation.
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Elder Craig C. Christensen
Elder Craig C. Christensen was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 5, 2002. At the time of his call he was serving as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy in the Utah South Area.
Elder Christensen was named a member of the Presidency of the Seventy on August 1, 2012. He currently has supervisory responsibilities in the Utah North, Salt Lake City, and South Areas. He also assists Elder Quentin L. Cook in supervising the Central America Area and Elder Ronald A. Rasband in supervising the South America South Area.
As a General Authority, Elder Christensen served as president of the Mexico South Area from 2003 to 2007 while living in Mexico City. He has also served in various departments and assignments at Church headquarters, such as executive director of the Priesthood and Family Department.
Other Church callings include full-time missionary in Chile Santiago South Mission, president of the Mexico City East Mission, counselor in a branch presidency at the Provo Missionary Training Center, bishop, high councilor, and elders quorum president.
Elder Christensen graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor's degree in accounting. He went on to earn a master of business administration from the University of Washington. Over the years, he has been a visiting instructor of business and religion courses at several universities, including Brigham Young University.
At the time of his call as a General Authority, Elder Christensen was a self-employed businessman in the retail automotive, insurance, and real estate development industries. He previously worked as an executive with several privately owned companies and with an international accounting and consulting firm based in San Francisco, California. He has served on several business and volunteer boards and with various charitable organizations.
Craig Cloward Christensen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 18, 1956. He married Debbie Jones in March 1978. They are the parents of four children.
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Witter Bynner Fellowship Reading with L. S. Asekoff and Philip Levine
Poet L. S. Asekoff, co-recipient of the Library of Congress's 15th annual Witter Bynner Fellowship in poetry, reads from his work. A moderated conversation with former U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine (who selected Asekoff for the fellowship) will follow the reading.
L. S. Asekoff is a poet whose four books of poetry are Freedom Hill (2011), The Gate of Horn (2010), North Star (1997), and Dreams of Work (1994). He is a 2012 Witter Bynner fellow, and has also received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is professor emeritus of English at Brooklyn College.
"L.S. Asekoff is a true surreal visionary; in his writing, all time configures itself into a single extended moment, which is the poem. In these dramatic monologues, a quiet voice emerges to tell us what we need to know about the ravages of our past and the nightmarish nonsense ahead." - Philip Levine
Philip Levine is a poet whose books include News of the World (2009), Breath (2004), The Simple Truth (1994), which won the Pulitzer Prize, and What Work Is (1991), which won the National Book Award. He served as the eighteenth Poet Laureate of the United States. He is professor emeritus at California State University, Fresno.
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Jaguar Sustainability Overview
Our strategy for more efficient designs began over ten years ago with the development of the lightweight aluminium platform for the version of the Jaguar XJ launched in 2003. The new XK launched in 2006 took the use of aluminium a step further, with an advanced construction delivering class-leading strength and rigidity, but with much lower weight. Now, the new XJ for the 2010 model year moves things on still further with the latest generation all aluminium structure. This uses advanced materials and technologies, many derived from the aerospace industry, to deliver a strong and lightweight shell that is riveted and bonded together with no welds – a Jaguar first.
We also undertook a number of environmental initiatives to improve the efficiency and reduce the CO2 emissions of our products, including the introduction of high efficiency diesel engines and more extensive use of lightweight and recyclable materials.
The most recent advances in this area are to be seen in the all new advanced petrol and diesel engines introduced for the 2010 model year XK, XF and XJ. These deliver significantly improved fuel efficiency and reduced CO2 emissions while simultaneously providing a major uplift in power and torque – the best of both worlds.
Our product environmental credentials are further underscored by the fact that the new XJ has achieved full Environment Product Certification. This is based on the total life cycle emissions from its production, use of materials and its disposal.
Our overall goal is to reduce the impact of our activities on the environment by improving processes and products, making the best use of resources, minimising emissions and waste, and improving energy efficiency.
We do this by taking a holistic view of our economic, social and environmental responsibilities. We assess the impact of all our activities, target improvement areas and report on our performance. Fundamental to our business is the commitment to continuous improvement and meeting or exceeding legal and regulatory requirements.
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In April 2009, Jaguar commenced a programme to offset the CO2 emitted during the assembly of all vehicles produced at our two UK manufacturing plants. Working with carbon offset experts, ClimateCare, we are investing in projects that focus on three actions; switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy, promoting renewable technology and improving energy efficiency within communities and industry alike.
Simultaneously, we initiated a voluntary programme for Jaguar owners wishing to offset the CO2 emissions of their vehicle (both new and pre-owned). Owners who elect to do this will receive a certificate from ClimateCare and the facility on their website to see the projects that their contribution will support. For further details of this programme, or if you wish to offset the CO2 emissions of your Jaguar vehicle, please visit: http://www.climatecare.org/jaguar


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OAKLAND CITY, Ind. - King College's Clarence Smith was named to the 2011 NCCAA Division I Men's Basketball All-Tournament team for his efforts over the weekend.
Smith, a senior forward from Nashville, Tenn., averaged 16.0 points and 8.3 rebounds per contest at the three-game event.
He started with a season-best 28 points in King's first-round victory over Trinity Christian (Ill.) College. He was 12-for-16 from the field with nine rebounds Thursday. On Friday he added 14 points and nine more rebounds in a narrow two-point loss to No. 2 seed Spring Arbor (Mich.) University. To end his collegiate career Smith scored six points to help King to a third-place game victory over Roberts Wesleyan (N.Y.) College with seven more rebounds which gave the Tornado third place.
In all he averaged 16 points and 8.3 rebounds per game at the nationals. Smith finished his career No. 8 on King's All-Time Scoring list with 1,492 points.
Smith was one of five players on the All-Tournament team. Nick Fox and Braxton Adamson represented national champion Dallas Baptist while Willie Pickvet and D.J. Baisden came from Spring Arbor.
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Six years ago, Arie Luyendyk Jr. was in love and a day away from proposing to the woman of his dreams. And then, she broke his heart. Emily Maynard (now Emily Maynard Johnson) may not have been Arie's future wife, but he hasn't been able to find a love like hers since. Now Arie is back and ready to race into America's heart yet again when he returns for a second shot at love, starring in the 22nd season of ABC's hit romance reality series The Bachelor, returning to ABC in January 2018.
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An in-depth look at new Bachelor Nick Viall.
Controversial fan favorite Nick Viall looks for love.
Nick continues his search for love with the 22 remaining beautiful bachelorettes.
The Backstreet Boys pay a visit to the Bachelor Mansion, looking for the seven lucky bachelorettes that get their dream date.
Nick brings the bachelorettes to his hometown.
Two arch rivals face off in a dreaded two-on-one date.
Nick's attempt to find love goes into crisis mode.
Devastated, Nick walks out, leaving the women in limbo.
Nick joins the remaining women in their hometowns.
Nick takes the remaining women to Finland.
The overnight dates with Rachel and Vanessa continue.
Nick faces the women he previously rejected.
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30-Dec-2001 -- I started at 8:00 a.m. from Boliden and drove to Radnejaur, turned left to Hällbacka and drove 2 km along a snow-cleared road. The snowplough had stopped about 4.5 km from the confluence point. Since snow depth on the road was 50 cm, it would be a tough job to ski along the road. It would pass 500 m east of the confluence point.
Instead I drove to Kurrokveik 3.2 km west of the confluence point, where access is across lake Kakel, which has much thinner snow cover (15 cm) due to the wind blowing away the snow. Arrived at Kurrokveik at 11:00 am (just after sunrise) and took off along the lake. Two dippers were seeking something to eat in the open water under the bridge. It was bitterly cold. The glasses became covered with ice, so I could not see much.
After 1.2 km I passed between two islands and discovered that there was water on the ice under the snow, and even a hole in the ice. The ice broke easily around the hole when I pushed on it with the ski pole. I turned around and went to safe ground on the island. Had to de-ice the skis.
Continued across the rest of the lake and up hill on the eastern shore. Quite large rocks under the snow, and a very laborious uphill 1.4 km. Found the logging road and went west again the 500 m to the confluence point. Arrived there at 1:10 p.m. (approximately at sunset).
The place is in a pristine boreal forest quite close to a small bog in the southeast direction. Took a series of shots with the digital camera. The picture of the GPS, however, was very blurry, the autofocus did not work in the dim light.
Went back along a more southerly route, since it was much less hilly. Found my access track on the lake and took a picture of the lake, the rising moon and the two ski-tracks.
Got back to the car at 2:20 and drove to Arjeplog. Warmed my feet in the supermarket. The thermometer at the Hydro gas station showed -23 C. A moose was chewing pine needles from a pine tree close to the road just east of Arjeplog. Arrived home at 5:05 p.m.
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M.2 SATA M3M (22110)The MemxPro M.2 SATA (22110) series complies with the M.2 (NGFF) standard for width-length of 22mm wide and 110mm long. The M.2 specifications provide different thicknesses – single-sided versions and dual-sided versions. MemxProM.2 SATA (22110) series is able to deliver exceptional read/write speeds, making it ideal for use in heavy-loading and multi-tasking applications, or for new embedded motherboards in the next generation of computing platform upgrades.
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A graduate of The University of Detroit School of Architecture in 1976, He was in Private practice for over 30 years.
Before joining the School of Architecture and Planning in 2010, Harry Warren served as Design Principal with a 1,100-person international AE firm. His areas of expertise include Education, Healthcare, Research and Master Planning, with numerous projects throughout North American and Overseas, especially in the Middle East. Major projects include two complete new universities, Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey and Ave Maria University in Florida, USA.
Warren's work has been the recipient of over 50 international, national and local design awards including the AIA National Honor Award for the Montante Cultural Center at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. His work has been featured in several books, magazines and newspapers including the New York Times. Major presentations include several to the Society for College and University Planning and the organization of A National Sustainability Conference on Architecture at Kean University, lectures at North Carolina State University and the University of Detroit.
Warren's areas of concentration at the School of Architecture and Planning are comprehensive design, construction technology, site and master planning, and urban design.
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Summer is filled with parties, gatherings, picnics and more. We all want to make these occasions special and memorable for our guests.
Many gardeners tend to schedule events around peak bloom or harvest in order to share the beauty and flavor from their garden.
Unfortunately nature does not always cooperate. It seems we are saying "you should have been here last week" or "come back next week when the flowers will be at their peak".
Kayland Hagwood
Special to The Lancaster News
Jimmy Wood knows what he loves about sailing.
"The sound of the waves, the feel of the wind and the smile on my wife's face."
And Wood – the acting commodore of Lake Wateree Sail Club – wants other people to experience those things and understand why the Lake Wateree Sail Club is a great place to share experiences.
Cherry Doster
For The Lancaster News
Owning a small business is not a venture for the weak at heart. It takes daily commitment, long hours, a passion to succeed and a huge amount of sweat equity. Small businesses contribute to local economies by bringing growth and innovation to the community and government figures show that small businesses create 75 percent of new jobs. See Lancaster assists local businesses by contributing to conditions that enhance livability and tourism through support and creation of cultural events, promotion and business resources.
Kaisha Young
Beverly Cialone was sitting in her cubicle at her work study job at York Tech in 2002 when her office manager stopped by and casually asked Cialone what her career plans were.
"I'm going to be an author," Cialone said.
"Don't you think it's time to put away childish dreams?" the manager asked, with a smirk on her face.
In her early 30s, Cialone had never considered her dreams "childish."
One girl is popular and comes from an affluent family. One girl is reserved and comes from a middle class family.
Both give no indications that anything's wrong, even though they are both harboring heinous secrets.
Both are victims of teen dating violence.
School district youth/peer counselors Deborah Boulware and Sarah Woodring know this tale all too well after hearing it time and time again.
David Kellin, a Kershaw transplant originally from Crandon Wis., is probably best known for his private practice at Kershaw Counseling as a 22-year trauma-focused counselor for sexually-abused youth.
Others might recognize his name as the professional photographer at Sara's Dad's Photography or a freelance photographer whose works appear in several publications.
Even still, his personal fan club of barbecue aficionados know him for "DK's worst BBQ in South Carolina," he chuckled and said.
Do you remember the saying, "An apple a day keeps the doctors away?"
Well, studies in science laboratories across the world have proven this very well-known slogan could very well be true.
One apple contains a very large number of phytochemicals known to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and asthma.
Also, adding an apple into your diet could also help lower your risk for diabetes.
Cherry Doster
Special to The Lancaster News
The reports coming in from the sites who participated in the Ag+ArtTour of Lancaster County show the event was a great success both for the participants and for visitors, many whom toured the sites for the first time.
SALUDA, N.C. – Since the 1940s, Boy Scouts from Chester, Lancaster, York, Union, Cherokee and Spartanburg counties have been going to Saluda, N.C., for summer camp.
Originally known as Camp Palmetto, the camp expanded in the early 1980s and was renamed Camp Bob Hardin in 1985, in honor of Hardin, a Lancaster native, who was active in the Boy Scouts.
Hundreds of boys and leaders from the three counties have made the trek up to Saluda during 2013. This year has been the biggest, best year ever for Camp Bob Hardin with a variety of new additions.
Springdell Baptist Church organist Bettie Robertson got an unexpected surprise on Sunday when she was honored for 40 years of service to the church.
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When washing your cat's litter box, use mild soap and water. Harsh chemicals can be harmful for your cat, and their odors could discourage future litter box visits.
Here comes the bride, with a cat by her side. More and more couples are including a cat family member in their nuptials. These nine tips will have you and your cat walking down the aisle before you say "I do."
1. Make sure the venue allows pets. With more facilities allowing dogs to take part in wedding day fun, double-check to ascertain if cats are welcome too.
2. Know if you have a cooperative cat. If your cat isn't fond of strangers and a variety of sounds and situations, it might be in your best interest to avoid imposing any stress and its aftermath on the cat or the special day.
3. Involve your cat in a rehearsal. The only surprise a bride should have on her wedding day is who will catch the bouquet -- not who is keeping an eye on the cat.
4. Let your family in on the secret. "A pet plays an important role in a couple's life. For many pet parents, family festivities would not be complete without their pets' involvement," says John D'Ariano, president of the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters (NAPPS). Let family members know of your intents and wishes to include the family cat.
5. Be sensitive to guests with pet allergies. Some guests may be allergic to cats, so be cognizant of any allergies and ask guests ahead of time if the cat may potentially cause a flare-up.
6. Play cat dress-up in advance. Planning to dress your cat in a bow tie or animal tuxedo? Get it used to this attire at home, ensure it isn't uncomfortable and address any alterations in advance.
7. Plan for a cat sitter. Arrange for someone familiar to the cat to be in charge of its whereabouts as you say "I do."
8. Remember that bathroom accidents happen. Despite all the planning and coordinating, accidents can occur. Make sure someone is on poop patrol to clean up expediently.
9. Prepare a travel bag. "Bring all of your cat's must-haves, including treats, toys and other comfort items," says D'Ariano.
With these time-tested tips, there is no need to leave your cat behind on your special day.
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However, for a number of reasons, the series also contains various types of records created both before and after these dates. These records include incoming correspondence directed to the Governor's Office, 1859-1862; incoming correspondence directed to the Governor's aides-de-camp; questionnaires received from banks concerning amounts of money deposited by soldiers or their families; statements received from district assessors concerning the amount of income taxes assessed; questionnaires received from district Provost Marshalls regarding the draft; correspondence directed to General R.B. Van Valkenburg, Commanding Depot of Volunteers at Elmira; checklists of reports and newspapers received by the bureau; personal histories received from Civil War veterans; rough minutes and correspondence of the "Fireman's Zovave Fund Committee"; poetry; battle reports; correspondence received by Colonel John S. Neville, Superintendent of the N.Y. State Soldier's Depot; and papers, correspondence and orders concerning various volunteer regiments.
The records contained in this series clearly reflect the three basic directives of the bureau as well as the decision of its first chief, Lockwood L. Doty, to acquire everything possible related to the state's participation in the war. Among the broad subject areas dealt with by the files are the raising and equipping of volunteer regiments; appointments of officers to volunteer units; desertions by soldiers; drafting of men to fill quotas; number of men and financial aid provided by counties during the war; and bounties paid to soldiers. The bulk of the files deal mainly with the acquisition of information needed by the bureau in order to perform its duties. Much of the correspondence consists of letters of transmittal from individuals submitting personal histories, photographs, or artifacts; town officials forwarding forms detailing the names of men who served during the war and financial aid provided; or reports from provost marshalls providing data on drafted men. There are checklists detailing the daily and weekly newspapers received by the bureau; names of individuals to whom the bureau could write to obtain relevant information; and towns which have submitted various forms to the bureau.
A significant part of the files consists of correspondence directed to the Governor's office. These files, dating from late 1859 through 1862, were made available to the Bureau by the Governor's office. According to the bureau's first annual report, the files were to have been indexed. The files deal with the preparation for public defense and such military affairs as the raising of regiments, applications and appointments to commissions, and claims for services rendered. If an index was prepared for these files, it is not extant.
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Know More about Phlebotomy Certification in Patchogue NY
If you want to start your career as a phlebotomist then you need to equip yourself with phlebotomy certification to be employed in a hospital, a private clinic or in a health care center.
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Phlebotomy certification and phlebotomy training are growing in popularity due to the fact that more and more youngsters are looking to become phlebotomists in various health organizations.
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Since most phlebotomy jobs consider training in the science of phlebotomy as an important requisite to call the candidate for interview, the need for phlebotomy training has increased in the recent times.
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Phlebotomy technicians are required to work in research laboratories. A phlebotomy technician is also required to undergo phlebotomy certification course and pass phlebotomy certification exam with a high percentage of marks.
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A local authority has won a High Court order restricting reporting relating to the case of an Italian woman whose child was taken into care after she was forced to have her baby delivered by Caesarean section.
Mr Justice Charles ordered that the child's identity and the identity of "potential adopters" who had been found for the 15-month-old girl by Essex County Council social services must not be revealed to prevent "damage" to the child.
The new adoption moves will come as a blow to the mother, who is pleading for a "second chance" to prove she could care for the baby girl with the support of her family in Italy.
But the judge refused to give the mother complete anonymity, saying that she was "seeking to make assertions to the effect that she has been unlawfully, wrongly and badly treated".
He ruled her married name should be kept secret to prevent the public linking her to the child, but said the media could refer to her by her maiden name, Alessandra Pacchieri, which has already been used in the Italian press.
Ms Pacchieri has told Italian newspapers: "I want my daughter back. I am suffering like an animal."
The judge also disclosed that the Italian government, or state, had now instructed solicitors and might want to intervene in the case.
Ms Pacchieri, 35, who suffers from bipolar disorder, is reported to have come to Britain whilst pregnant to attend a training course with an airline at Stansted Airport, Essex.
After she stopped taking medication she had a panic attack and was sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
The Court of Protection took the unusual step of giving a health trust permission for doctors to carry out a Caesarean section in August last year, and the newborn child was taken into care by Essex social services.
A health trust responsible for her treatment took "a clinical decision" to carry out the Caesarean "because of concerns about risks to mother and child".
Today the judge who made that order, Mr Justice Mostyn, said he had done so after doctors told him that Ms Pacchieri risked rupture if she was to have given birth naturally.
"The application to me was not made by the local authority or social workers," he said.
"Rather, it was an urgent application first made by the NHS Trust, supported by the clear evidence of a consultant obstetrician and the patient's own treating consultant psychiatrist, seeking a declaration and order that it would be in the medical best interests of this seriously mentally ill and incapacitated patient, who had undergone two previous elective caesarean sections, to have this birth, the due date of which was imminent (she was 39 weeks pregnant), in the same manner.
"The patient was represented by the official solicitor who instructed a Queen's Counsel on her behalf. He did not seek an adjournment and did not oppose the application, agreeing that the proposed delivery by caesarean section was in the best interests of the patient herself who risked uterine rupture with a natural vaginal birth."
In February, Judge Newton, sitting at Chelmsford County Court, ruled that although the mother's condition had improved and she was "extremely well" when she gave evidence, adoption was the best way to provide "a permanent, predictable and stable home" for the baby.
The council had argued adoption was "the only safe route".
The case has drawn wide publicity, even though it was heard in private.
The lawyer for the mother said earlier today the decision to force the baby to be delivered by Caesarean section was "absolutely unreasonable".
Stefano Oliva said the unnamed woman wanted a "second chance" to prove she could care for the baby girl with the support of her family.
Mr Oliva said the mother was permitted to see her baby once a week until the end of October, when she moved back to Italy to get support from her family.
After returning to her home country she came back to Britain once a month to visit the child. This arrangement stood until May this year when social workers told her it would be the last time she would see her daughter, he said.
The president of the Family Division, Sir James Munby, has ordered that any further applications relating to the baby, known only as P, must be transferred to the High Court.
This is likely to include applications by Ms Pacchieri to block her child's adoption in the UK.
Today Sir James was not available, and Mr Justice Charles stepped in and allowed Essex Council's urgent application for reporting restrictions.
He said that the order should remain in place until 4pm on Friday, December 13, but that interested parties could seek to have it discharged or varied on giving no less than two hours notice.


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Finally, here it is.
Don't get it wrong, this is not going to be the last lens for the X-mount, but the final piece that was missing in the X-Mount lens lineup is now complete. The gap is now filled.
Up until now, the X mount lens covered the range of 10mm-230mm (15-350mm equivalent). And with the latest lens, this is now expanded up to 540mm (840mm equivalent). The X system is really now fulfilled.
Why did it take so long to come out? It really is an important piece to fulfill the gap. Is it because X series is more about the prime lens? Or is it because majority of the users are street or portrait photographers? Perhaps, you speculate many possible reasons for the lateness, but the truth is rather simple. We needed this much amount of time to develop this lens.
In fact, we are not overstating when we say that all the technology that we have at hand are put into the XF100-400mm. Linear motor drive, weather resistant structure, 5.0-stop image stabilization, large diameter ED lens, Super ED lens, and compatibility with the teleconverter. On top of that, new technologies such as fluorine coating and focus limiter, have been implemented. We simply needed time to put all these into the lens.
Let's look at the lens construction.
You can see that plenty of high grade glass material, ED glass and Super ED glass are used for the lens. This is to work against the color aberration, which is apparent in the longer focal length. You should take a note that the large glasses are placed in the front-end of the lens.
The ED and super ED lenses are the largest in size for any XF lenses. In other words, they are the hardest to create and are also the highest grade of their kind. XF100-400mm in itself is very expensive. And if we break down the manufacturing cost, the two lenses take up as much as 30% of the cost.
Why use such an expensive glass? This is all for the image quality. An image speaks more than millions of words, so let's take a look. They are unbelievably sharp. You wouldn't expect this is coming from a telephoto nor zoom lens.
A lens that delivers razor-sharp image quality is a headache for the mechanical designer, however. In order for a lens to be sharp, the demand for the focus accuracy becomes very high. By missing the stopping point at a few micron level, the focus gets lost.
So, to achieve the highest accuracy, linear motor was chosen. it allows the focus lens unit to move directly. And with the help of position detection sensor, it is capable of controlling the accuracy at the micron level.
The linear motor is also used for the stabilization unit. The precise movement and fast response make it a perfect choice for the use. And thanks to this, XF100-400mm achieves 5.0-stop image stabilization.
Not only this, the lens achieves 5.0-stop image stabilization in the entire range. With this fact alone, it makes the No.1 performance in its class, but there is more! The lens achieves the 5.0-stop image stabilization in "Continuous".
If you are not familiar with the phrase "Continuous", there are two types for image stabilization. If the image stabilization only works when the shutter is released, then it is "Shooting only". If the image stabilization is working before the shutter release, when you are looking into the finder, then it is "Continous".
"Continuous" is harder to achieve than "Shooting only". There is no set of rules by the CIPA guideline for it. So some lens manufacturers only test the performance of the image stabilization for the most effective focal range in "Shooting only". As a result, some users are left in doubt of the image stabilization function.
Let's say it again. XF100-400mm achieves 5.0-stop image stabilization in its entire range in "Continuous". You can achieve the sharp photo just as what you saw in the viewfinder.
The XF100-400mm is not only about the advanced technology. Without the tough and solid lens structure, the high performance glass and driving unit are useless. In order to make a tough lens barrel, we need to create it thick. And we should use metal parts rather than plastic. The problem is both thick and metal materials are very heavy.
The question is, "Is it OK for a lens to be heavy if it is high performance?" Our answer is "No".
"Is it then OK for lens to be light with an adequate performance?" Our answer is again "No".
What we decided to do instead, is to use the tough metal parts, but cut the fat as much as possible. We developed this technique when we were creating the XF50-140mm.
The Challenge to cut the weight under 1kg
We try and test many patterns to find the perfect balance. And as a result we come with the ideal shape. We then think about how we could manufacture this efficiently.
This is not a Formula 1 racing car, in which we only need to create the only one! We have to produce thousands of the lens in the same quality. And the method of "cutting the fat" is not very cost-friendly. With every gram cut out of the weight, a cost is being added. For the lens, we achieved to cut 30 grams in total. When you go shoot with the lens, and you remember that inside the lens, there is a carved lens barrel, then the effort of the developing team and staff at the factory will be paid off.
The fluorine coating is working very effectively for the lens in addition to the weather resistant structure. It repels rain, and is tough against oil. If you mistakenly touched the lens surface, simply wipe the surface gently with a lens cloth and it will be clean like before. When you are in action, you will appreciate this feature.


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Snowmobiler killed in crash near Phelps Saturday
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- An already deadly year for Wisconsin snowmobilers got worse this weekend. A 46-year-old snowmobiler died in a crash near Phelps Saturday. He was found along the west shore of Lac Vieux Desert Lake. The DNR says the man hit two snowbanks and was thrown from his sled around 6 p.m. Investigators think speed was a factor. The rider's death was the 20th of the year in Wisconsin this season.
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TSMCA all-region — Blackwell, Highland players honored
A total of nine Nolan County football athletes have been given all-region honors from the Texas Six-Man Coaches Association.Blackwell's Jayden Jones was named to the all-region Division II, Region II first team as both a running back and a linebacker. Blackwell's Mason Magness and Ted Chambliss made the second team at cornerback and safety, respectively while Cody Shamblin, Mark Monroe and Franck Cano received all-region honorable mention.Highland's Ron Covington made the all-region Division I, Region II second team as a special teams player while receiving honorable mention were Shelby Howard on the defensive line and Michael Hyde at running back.Jones was a two-way star for Blackwell. He ran for 1,910 yards on just 154 carries and scored 31 touch-downs, while recording a team-high 134 tackles on defense. Magness had 110 tackles, Chambliss 98, Cano 97 and Monroe 96 while tight end Shamblin provided strong blocking and he, Monroe and Jones caught at least 10 passes. All but Shamblin also had at least one fumble recovery.Covington, in just seven games, had 1,010 all-purpose yards and 16 touchdowns with three of them on kick returns, and he also recovered three onside kicks. Hyde had 1,055 yards on 170 runs with 14 TDs. Howard had eight fumble recoveries, four forced fumbles, nine sacks, 50 solo tackles and 20 assists.Covington, Monroe and Shamblin are seniors while Chambliss, Hyde, Jones and Magness are juniors and Cano and Howard are just sophomores.


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By Mary Ellen Godin
MERIDEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - A $100 million claim on behalf of a 6-year-old survivor is the first legal action to come out of the Connecticut school shooting that left 26 children and adults dead two weeks ago.
The unidentified client, referred to as Jill Doe, heard "cursing, screaming, and shooting" over the school intercom when the gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, opened fire, according to the claim filed by New Haven-based attorney Irv Pinsky.
"As a consequence, the ... child has sustained emotional and psychological trauma and injury, the nature and extent of which are yet to be determined," the claim said.
Pinsky said he filed a claim on Thursday with state Claims Commissioner J. Paul Vance Jr., whose office must give permission before a lawsuit can be filed against the state.
"We all know its going to happen again," Pinsky said on Friday. "Society has to take action."
Twenty children and six adults were shot dead on December 14 at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The children were all 6 and 7 years old.
Pinsky's claim said that the state Board of Education, Department of Education and Education Commissioner had failed to take appropriate steps to protect children from "foreseeable harm."
It said they had failed to provide a "safe school setting" or design "an effective student safety emergency response plan and protocol."
Pinsky said he was approached by the child's parents within a week of the shooting.
The shooting, which also left the gunman dead, has prompted extensive debate about gun control and the suggestion by the National Rifle Association that schools be patrolled by armed guards. Police have said the gunman killed his mother at their home in Newtown before going to the school.
(Reporting by Mary Ellen Godin Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst)